Chapter 75 (1/2)

A cold and heavy silence filled the room, but nobody could answer Ohyulje’s question. His face grew darker.

“Where is Ruhae on this happy day? Wasn’t he here earlier?” he asked in a low voice, which destroyed the atmosphere instantly.

Everybody was aware that the Emperor was upset now.

Only Mu, who was playing at a distance where he couldn’t hear the Emperor, enjoyed playing with the weasel. Yomin’s breathing seemed loud in the midst of heavy silence.

“Why isn’t anybody replying to my question? Yomin, what happened? Where is he right now, leaving you alone here?” he asked Princess Yomin sternly.

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She lay face down, unable to speak as she got scared.

“Your Majesty! I’m so sorry. Please calm yourself.”

Yomin rambled without knowing what she was saying to the Emperor now. She was choked with tears. Day after day was like a torment to her as she had to live without Ruhae, her husband.

Ohyulje turned his eyes away from the miserable woman Yomin. His anger was only directed at Ruhae.

“How can he dare not to attend my concubine’s birthday party? Tell him to come to the conference room right away!”

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After issuing the order to the chief internal minister who was standing on standby outside, Ohyulje quickly rose from his seat. Even the Queen couldn’t dare to stop the Emperor when he got really angry.

After the Emperor left Hwangyonru suddenly, there was only the sound of Yomin’s sobbin. When she stopped sobbing, Concubine Su spoke to the royal family members after getting the Queen’s permission.

“Thanks a lot for coming to celebrate my birthday today. I think we have to end the banquet at this point. I’m already happy, so don’t worry about me and please go back to your places.”

As soon as Su was done speaking, she left the place, led by the Queen. Concubine Yu also left Hwangyonru with a worried expression. The banquet for Concubine Su was wrapped up like this in a heavy atmosphere.

Yomin, the owner of the Nambi Palace, located on the left of the South Palace, sat on a blue stone cushion with her right hand on the desk. She clenched her right hand into a fist until her knuckles turned white. As if she could barely put up with it, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath slowly. She was Yomin, the official wife of Prince Ruhae, the third in succession to the throne. A blue bloodline swelled on her white forehead.

“Bojin!”

At her sudden call, Bojin left her place by the wall came to her and lowered her head. She was Yomin’s most trusted court lady.

Yomin ordered with a gentle voice, with her eyes still closed, “Get me cold water. Water just out of the well. And I want you to take some ice from the freezing box and place it in the water. ”

“Yes, Princess Yomin.”

Bojin bowed her head again and stepped back out of the room.

If she pumped water from the well right now, it would take some time to clear any dust that might have come up from the well, and it would take a good while to take ice from the freezing box and cut it into small pieces to float on the water. During that time, Yomin would be alone.

Yomin still remembered her own lousy behavior last spring. As if it happened yesterday, she vividly remembered Kyosul’s expression, tone, trembling and other things when she acted in a lousy manner. She no longer wanted to show her ugly actions to Bojin. Although Bojin was her most beloved court lady, she didn’t want to show it to her again. She was still closing her eyes.

Rattle, rattle.

The sound of the door sliding rang out. When she closed her eyes, her sense of hearing became sharper, and the sound rang like thunder.

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